St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-25
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

The council committee on roads and bridges
met to-day.
Bank clearings yesterday amounted to
S406, 1888 SO.
The East Side Labor club meets at Wini-
galt's hall this evening.
One case each Of scarlet fever and diphthe-
ria was reported yesterday.
The Portland Avenue improvement associ-
alton will meet early in April.
The funeral Of Mrs. J. G. Walters took
place yesterday, Rev. Mr.. Thwing officiating.
Sheriff Swenson denies that he has ever
presented bill for gas used in the Jail resi-
dence.
The Dramatic club of the First Unitarian
church will present 1.-THE Serious Family
this evening.
John Snider, Of Indiana, the famous walk
ing man, will be the attraction at the dime
museum next week.
The winter term of the public schools will
close the first of April, and there will be a
vacation Of one week.
The sale of seats for the Boston Ideal
Opera company, at the Grand opera house
next week, begins this morning.
Examination of candidates for positions as
teachers in the public schools began yester-
day and will continue through Saturday.
the first through passengers over the
Northern Pacific road since the recent flood
at Bismarck arrived in the city last evening.
The funeral of Freddie James. the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene c.. James, who
died yesterday OF commissions, will take place
to- day.
Mrs. Bye and Mrs. Hovenden have formed
a copartnership for the transaction of gen.
eral real estate business with an Office in the
Wood block.
1t is announced that both Leopol Metzger
and Mollie Jacobs, who recently eloped, are
sick of their bargain and are signing for
single blessedness again.
There will be meeting of ladies at 23O
Hennepin avenue Saturday afternoon, at 3
O'Clock, to elect a committee to nominate
member for the school board.
There were more Duluth people at the va
rious hotels yesterday than on any previous
day this winter. They probably came down
to seek safe real estate investment.
J. c. Conley, arrested by Detective Quin-
Ian for robbing boarder at the Arlington
house. on Second street north, of $50, yester-
day waived examination in the municipal
court and was held to the grand jury.
George W. Marchant was yesterday ap-
pointed by the railway commissioners state
weighmaster at Minneapolis in place of Mr.
Frazer, the present incumbent. Mr.. Marchant
will begin the work of weighmaster April 10.
The council committee on water works met
yesterday afternoon, and with the aldermen
from the Seventh ward considered the pro-
test against the water main on Twenty-sev-
enth avenue south, and concluded to report
in favor of it.
At a meeting of the Calhoun Gun club last
evening N. P. Whiting was elected president
and Il. E. Bader, secretary and treasurer.
The first shoot will be held the second Friday
in April at the Lake View house grounds at
Lake Calhoun,
F. E. Atkinson, who claims to have lost
$3.50 at faro. yesterday swore out a warrant
charging Frank Shaw with keeping a gam
bling house. and the whole detective force
has been summoned as witnesses Shaw gave
$500 bonds for bis appearance to-day.
The railroad commissioners yesterday gave
a hearing to a delegation from Minneapolis
on the appolntm ent of u chief deputy grain
inspector at Minneapolis. There are three
candidates for the position. a. G. Clausen.
the present deputy; George H. Moulton, now
assistant inspector. and Charles E. Wenzel,
who is not now connected with the service.